New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 127

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✨ Agricultural Statistics

COMMERCIAL ORCHARDS, 1918-19.

TABLE SHOWING FOR EACH LAND DISTRICT THE TOTAL AREA IN ORCHARD FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, AND PARTICULARS AS TO NUMBER OF TREES OF EACH VARIETY, QUANTITY OF FRUIT GATHERED, AND AVERAGE PRICE REALIZED PER BUSHEL.

(Exclusive of Boroughs.)

Land District.	Not Bearing.						Bearing.
	Total Area.	Number of Trees.					Total Area.	Apples.			Pears.
		First Year from Planting.	Second Year from Planting.	Third Year from Planting.	Fourth Year from Planting.	Fifth Year from Planting.		Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.
	Acres.						Acres.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.
North Auckland	2,579	23,552	65,063	67,542	91,829	41,786	2,907	156,825	113,103	5 1	27,362	28,236	5 9
Auckland	361	3,839	7,249	12,327	8,046	9,735	725	23,777	15,286	5 3	8,407	4,618	6 3
Hawke’s Bay	836	15,719	16,093	25,481	31,546	13,886	1,373	90,785	108,165	5 1	23,999	34,896	5 1
Taranaki	11	53	142	781	16	147	45	2,518	2,146	5 7	178	124	6 11
Wellington	124	1,203	2,781	3,933	3,626	5,563	540	43,775	29,888	5 9	5,595	6,518	6 0
Nelson	5,566	47,455	72,977	224,921	232,619	194,119	5,077	607,535	332,073	4 9	28,256	17,909	8 11
Marlborough	518	1,452	9,248	6,146	35,351	11,310	238	26,237	12,522	4 0	414	265	4 10
Westland	2	6	2	30	161	216	37	2,052	850	5 6	18	12	3 0
Canterbury	882	10,006	35,513	19,414	41,519	24,570	951	119,000	29,028	5 6	16,258	11,749	5 9
Otago	2,081	14,129	34,640	68,699	92,470	54,132	2,275	126,901	54,225	6 11	13,890	8,578	6 5
Southland	8	54	88	57	155	239	14	1,127	757	4 7	37	31	5 9
Totals..	12,968	117,468	243,796	429,331	537,338	355,703	14,182	1,200,532	698,043	5 3	124,414	112,936	6 2

Bearing—continued.

Land District.	Peaches.			Nectarines.			Apricots.			Plums.			Cherries.
	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.	Number of Trees.	Quantity of Fruit gathered.	Average Price per Bushel.
		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.		Bushels.	s. d.
North Auckland	66,916	40,960	5 10	8,778	5,067	5 7	154	41	7 10	25,480	27,039	4 6	169	37	64 7
Auckland	13,790	6,952	5 5	2,645	1,281	7 0	6,889	6,976	15 8	3,922	5,068	4 2	136	49	59 0
Hawke’s Bay	20,070	14,439	7 4	1,999	1,637	7 0	2,374	1,606	9 8	7,447	9,810	5 5	1,263	575	39 0
Taranaki	242	138	11 0	42	39	10 9	9	2	..	1,715	1,975	5 0	1	1	..
Wellington	3,714	1,193	9 7	991	341	9 2	189	147	10 8	2,909	3,228	6 1	490	65	26 11
Nelson	27,646	21,733	6 6	5,074	4,247	5 9	10,721	7,828	7 3	10,259	10,914	5 9	1,017	407	35 4
Marlborough..	593	553	7 11	147	85	8 2	87	68	7 0	163	139	5 4	118	18	27 1
Westland	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	53	42	8 0	..	..	..
Canterbury	3,819	2,620	9 1	335	261	14 5	2,631	2,467	8 11	7,184	4,614	5 2	4,985	2,601	30 1
Otago	49,470	30,832	7 11	5,932	3,003	8 0	51,175	33,434	7 3	15,060	10,756	6 2	7,973	1,714	30 0
Southland	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	243	338	6 2	6	..	..
Totals	186,267	119,421	6 11	25,943	15,961	7 9	74,229	52,569	9 4	74,435	73,923	5 0	16,158	5,467	30 9